Dairy Herdsperson

Education: Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
- Experience: 2 years to less than 3 years
**Work site environment**:

- Odours
- Dairy
**Work setting**:

- Rural area
**Tasks**:

- Handling animals
- Monitoring animal health
- Provide agricultural livestock services such as artificial insemination, spraying or shearing of livestock or disinfecting pens, barns or poultry houses
- Formulate feeding program
- Maintain livestock performance records
- Recognize and treat certain livestock health problems
- Operate and maintain farm machinery and equipment
- Perform general farm duties
- Feed and tend animals
- Clean stables, barns, barnyards and pens
- Milk cows
- Detect disease and health problems in crops, livestock and poultry
- Examine produce for quality and prepare for market
- Set and monitor water lines, air flow and temperature in barns, pens and chicken coops
**Equipment and machinery experience**:

- Feeding and watering system
- Milking system (automated)
- Storage and silage system
- Tractor
- Loader
- Farm truck
**Area of specialization**:

- Dairy cattle
**Transportation/travel information**:

- Valid driver's licence
**Work conditions and physical capabilities**:

- Physically demanding
- Overtime required
- Handling heavy loads
- Hand-eye co-ordination
- Walking
- Work Term: Permanent
- Work Language: English
- Hours: 45 to 55 hours per week